Fig. 5. Micrographs of wild-type and dl flowers. The lemma and a half of
palea were removed in all flowers. (A) A wild-type flower with two empty
glumes, two lodicules, six stamens and one carpel with two stigmas. (B) A
dl-1(H0788) flower forming the carpel with three stigmas
(arrowheads). (C) A dl-1(T65) flower with an abnormal cell mass
produced from the carpel (arrowhead) and an ectopic stamen (arrow) emerging
from the base of the carpel. (D) A dl-1(T65) flower producing an
extra stamen (arrow) and a mosaic organ, staminoid carpel (arrowhead), in
which an anther is formed on the ovary. (E) A dl-2 flower without any
apparent abnormality. (F) A dl-sup1 flower with a homeotic conversion
of the carpel to stamens. (G) A cross section of the dl-sup1 flower.
In addition to the six normal stamens (arrowheads) and two lodicules, ectopic
stamens (arrows) are formed. (H) Extra stamens (arrowheads) are alternately
produced in the position of the carpel in dl-sup1 flowers. (I) A
dl-sup2 flower with homeotic conversion of the carpel into stamens.
Bars: 500 µm.